Ahhh. Spain! What a magnificent place! For my 30th birthday (yep, i said it, I'm 30), Travers took me to Spain! What a great birthday present. We spent 2 days in a beach town called Sitges, and then 3.5 days in Barcelona. It was such a great vacation, we didn't want to leave.
Arriving at the Barcelona airport, we took the MonBus that would take us to Sitges, a beautiful beach town about 30 minutes south-west of Barcelona. Once in Sitges, we walked through town and immediately stopped for some tapas at Bar Panchito. After our energy was replenished, we kept heading through town to the San Sebastian Playa Hotel. It was right on the beach and we wasted no time checking in and getting into our bathing suits to soak up the last few hours of sun for the day. We then had a couple mojitos at a nearby bar before heading to the hotel to get ready for the night.
For our first night in Sitges, we found a restaurant called La Cantina Del Pintxo. It was a bit run down looking, sticky tables, and plastic menus, but the food was delicious, the staff friendly, and the sangria tasty! We ordered some jambon croquettes (one of my favorites), steamed mussels, chicken and seafood paella, and a pitcher of sangria (yumm). We ate it all and drank it all. It hit the spot for sure!
We spent the rest of the night on one of the main walking streets lined with bars, clubs, and restaurants. We had a few more drinks and people watched. I should probably mention at this point that Sitges is a predominately gay community. So a lot of our people watching consisted of groups or couples of men, tourists walking with their ice cream cones, and the occasional drag queen thrown in for fun. We enjoyed ourselves, but were waiting to see when the clubs and dancing would really start. By 2am, it was still crowded on the streets, but no one was in the clubs dancing. We decided to call it a night and try again the next night.
We spent the majority of the next day on lounge chairs under an umbrella on the beach. It was the longest we have ever spent on a beach ever. The umbrella was key as it kept us somewhat cool under the hot hot sun. Not to fear though, we still managed to get great tans...even Travers! We took turns going in the water (there is a lot of theft in Spain). And I managed to finish the book I was reading. We had a prime people watching spot, and while I occasionally looked at the men in their speedos, Travers managed to spot the majority of topless women, most of who should not have been topless. But the spanish people have no shame or embarrassment of their bodies, sometimes laying spreadeagle in order to get tan in every spot possible. We grabbed an afternoon beer and tapas at a local sports bar, then headed home to rest and get ready for the evening.
We had a nice night, eating at an Argentinian steak restaurant called Buenos Aires Grill. We each got steaks and baked potatoes and shared a bottle of Rioja. Again the food was so tasty. And even better, affordable! I think this is what I miss most about Spain, the delicious food at a reasonable cost. What more can you ask for?
The next day we got up early and got a few hours of beach time in before packing up our thing, saying Adios Sitges, and Hola Barcelona!!
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